Share of females defined as overweight by country
Countries reporting
199
Highest
94.18
Tonga
Lowest
12.08
Burundi
Median
56.11
Years covered
45
1980–2024
Data points
8,955
What the numbers show
Share of females defined as overweight is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 94.18 in Tonga; the lowest is 12.08 in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 56.11, and the mean is 55.51.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 8.
Over the past decade 169 countries rose and 30 fell. The largest increase was in Timor-Leste (up 75.5%), and the largest decrease in Spain (down 10.9%).
Share of females defined as overweight: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tonga | 94.18 | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 1 | Tokelau | 91.77 | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 2 | American Samoa | 92.37 | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 2 | Cook Islands | 90.87 | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 3 | Samoa | 91.47 | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 3 | Niue | 89.08 | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 4 | Tuvalu | 88.78 | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 5 | Naoero | 87.91 | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 6 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 83.32 | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 7 | Bahamas | 82.53 | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 8 | Egypt | 82.11 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 9 | Belize | 80.95 | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 10 | Kiribati | 80.68 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 11 | Chile | 80.6 | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 12 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 78.51 | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 13 | Iraq | 77.71 | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 14 | Panama | 77.49 | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 15 | Puerto Rico | 77.37 | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 16 | Saint Lucia | 77.09 | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 17 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 76.97 | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 18 | Barbados | 76.87 | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 19 | Dominica | 76.74 | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 20 | Kuwait | 76.64 | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 21 | Mexico | 76.21 | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 22 | Fiji | 76.15 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 23 | Jamaica | 75.75 | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 24 | Qatar | 75.47 | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 25 | Marshall Islands | 75.37 | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 26 | Palau | 74.98 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 27 | Costa Rica | 73.68 | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 28 | Seychelles | 73.32 | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 73.28 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 30 | Palestine, State of | 73.25 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 31 | Brunei Darussalam | 73.25 | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 32 | Paraguay | 72.98 | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 33 | Nicaragua | 72.54 | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 34 | South Africa | 72.54 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 35 | Grenada | 72.41 | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 36 | Honduras | 72.35 | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 37 | Antigua and Barbuda | 72.35 | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 38 | Bermuda | 72.34 | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 39 | Peru | 72.34 | 2024 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 40 | Syrian Arab Republic | 72.15 | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 41 | French Polynesia | 72.12 | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 42 | Bahrain | 72.07 | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 43 | El Salvador | 71.89 | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 71.2 | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 45 | Eswatini | 71.08 | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 46 | Ecuador | 70.29 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 47 | Jordan | 70.27 | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 48 | United States of America | 69.86 | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 49 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 69.77 | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 50 | Suriname | 69.5 | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 68.97 | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 52 | Libya | 68.81 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 53 | Oman | 68.64 | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 54 | Guyana | 68.3 | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 55 | Guatemala | 67.99 | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 56 | Argentina | 66.94 | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 57 | Uruguay | 66.59 | 2024 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 58 | Brazil | 66.48 | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 59 | Trinidad and Tobago | 65.93 | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 60 | Mauritania | 65.86 | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 61 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 64.99 | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 62 | Algeria | 64.98 | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 63 | New Zealand | 64.66 | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 64 | Türkiye | 64.55 | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 64.49 | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 66 | Colombia | 64.45 | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 67 | Azerbaijan | 64.21 | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 68 | Morocco | 64.08 | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 69 | Georgia | 63.55 | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 70 | Greenland | 63.24 | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 71 | Lebanon | 62.79 | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 72 | Tunisia | 62.47 | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 73 | Gabon | 61.18 | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 74 | Ireland | 61.01 | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 75 | Maldives | 60.93 | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 76 | Mongolia | 60.49 | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 77 | Equatorial Guinea | 60.45 | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 78 | Cuba | 59.92 | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 79 | Malaysia | 59.57 | 2024 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 80 | Lesotho | 59.5 | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 81 | Pakistan | 59.31 | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 82 | Papua New Guinea | 58.81 | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 83 | North Macedonia | 58.62 | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 84 | Cape Verde | 58.58 | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 85 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 58.48 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 58.23 | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 87 | Solomon Islands | 58.13 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 88 | Australia | 58.09 | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 89 | Armenia | 57.8 | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 90 | Vanuatu | 57.63 | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 91 | Botswana | 57.62 | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 92 | Mauritius | 57.51 | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 93 | Albania | 57.39 | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 94 | Kyrgyzstan | 56.92 | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 95 | Afghanistan | 56.32 | 2024 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Comoros | 56.2 | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 97 | Croatia | 56.11 | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 98 | Malta | 55.91 | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 99 | Bhutan | 55.66 | 2024 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Finland | 55.63 | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 101 | Sao Tome and Principe | 55.63 | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 102 | Greece | 55.35 | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 103 | Turkmenistan | 55.2 | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 104 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 53.66 | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 105 | Republic of Moldova | 53.63 | 2024 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 106 | Romania | 53.48 | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 107 | Ukraine | 53.4 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 108 | Ghana | 53.25 | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 109 | Canada | 53.09 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 110 | Hungary | 51.89 | 2024 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 50.79 | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 112 | Thailand | 50.72 | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 113 | Iceland | 50.61 | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 114 | Norway | 50.37 | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 115 | Czechia | 49.96 | 2024 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 116 | Latvia | 49.63 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 117 | Belarus | 49.33 | 2024 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 118 | Cameroon | 49.14 | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 119 | Somalia | 48.93 | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 120 | Russian Federation | 48.56 | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 121 | Israel | 48.53 | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 122 | Indonesia | 48.47 | 2024 | up 41.3% | rising |
| 123 | Belgium | 47.93 | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 124 | Namibia | 47.51 | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 125 | Slovakia | 47.3 | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 126 | Zimbabwe | 47.09 | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 127 | Liberia | 47.02 | 2024 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Estonia | 46.95 | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 129 | Sri Lanka | 46.95 | 2024 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Portugal | 46.86 | 2024 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 131 | Cyprus | 46.5 | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 132 | Gambia | 46.21 | 2024 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Sudan | 45.88 | 2024 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 134 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 45.23 | 2024 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 135 | Lithuania | 44.7 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 136 | Sweden | 44.55 | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 137 | Germany | 44.35 | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 138 | Nigeria | 43.98 | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 139 | Luxembourg | 43.84 | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 140 | Togo | 43.33 | 2024 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Senegal | 43.15 | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 142 | Poland | 42.91 | 2024 | down 8.8% | flat |
| 143 | Angola | 42.85 | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 144 | Côte d'Ivoire | 42.8 | 2024 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 145 | Kenya | 42.8 | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 146 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 42.55 | 2024 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 147 | Mali | 42.16 | 2024 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Yemen | 41.93 | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 149 | Haiti | 41.71 | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 150 | Slovenia | 41.59 | 2024 | down 4.8% | flat |
| 151 | Spain | 41.28 | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 152 | Bulgaria | 40.94 | 2024 | down 4.4% | flat |
| 153 | Montenegro | 40.7 | 2024 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 154 | Philippines | 40.64 | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 155 | Congo | 40.62 | 2024 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 156 | Netherlands | 40.41 | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 157 | Singapore | 40.37 | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 158 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 39.9 | 2024 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 159 | Andorra | 39.73 | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 160 | Guinea-Bissau | 39.7 | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 161 | Zambia | 39.66 | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 162 | Serbia | 39.18 | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 163 | Benin | 38.92 | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 164 | Denmark | 38.67 | 2024 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 165 | Djibouti | 38.56 | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 166 | Guinea | 37.69 | 2024 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Italy | 37.4 | 2024 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 168 | Bangladesh | 36.95 | 2024 | up 71.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Sierra Leone | 36.82 | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 170 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 36.53 | 2024 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 171 | Nepal | 36.33 | 2024 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Mozambique | 35.66 | 2024 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 173 | Uganda | 35.43 | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 174 | Malawi | 35.27 | 2024 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 175 | Austria | 34.47 | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 176 | Myanmar | 34.27 | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 177 | France | 34.06 | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 178 | India | 33.65 | 2024 | up 42.2% | volatile |
| 179 | China | 32.82 | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 180 | Central African Republic | 32.41 | 2024 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 181 | South Sudan | 30.83 | 2024 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 182 | Cambodia | 30.55 | 2024 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 29.82 | 2024 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Rwanda | 29.66 | 2024 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 185 | Burkina Faso | 28.71 | 2024 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 186 | Switzerland | 28.23 | 2024 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 187 | Republic of Korea | 25.31 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 188 | Niger | 23.91 | 2024 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 189 | Chad | 22.65 | 2024 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 190 | Timor-Leste | 20.89 | 2024 | up 75.5% | volatile |
| 191 | Viet Nam | 19.04 | 2024 | up 67.8% | volatile |
| 192 | Madagascar | 18.36 | 2024 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 193 | Eritrea | 16.03 | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 194 | Japan | 15.51 | 2024 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 195 | Ethiopia | 14.13 | 2024 | up 38.0% | rising |
| 196 | Burundi | 12.08 | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |